Malaya Tribune, 24 September 1940

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  • 28 1 The Malaya Tribune NETS A LES EXCEED 16,000 DAIL V VOL. XXVIi: -No. 229. Singapore; TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1940 five cents: The Malaya Tribune. Tuesday, Sepfember 24, 1940,
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  • 937 1 British Squadron Shells Important Base De Gaulle Personally Presents Ultimatum Reuter. London, Sept. 24. STRONG naval squadron is reported I m to have shelled the French naval base at Dakar, in West Africa, yesterday, and the French warships there replied. The British squadron arrived there
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    58 1 DAKAR is at the bottom j left of the map at right It is the nearest point in Africa and the whole of Europe to South America. The immediate future of the huge area shoum in the mip here Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and the Sahara to the
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  • 243 1 Reuter. Cairo, Sept. 23. RRITISH naval forces attacked enemy positions in the Sidi Barrani area in the early hours of Sunday with good results, according to a naval communique issued at Alexandria. The first enemy air attack on Cyprus is recorded in a communique issued
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  • 94 1 Reuter. Noumea (New Caledonia), I Sept. 23.—The enrolment of Frenchmen in New Cale- donia to fight with the Allied forces is expected to begin this week. It is rej ported that many are keen to join up with the Australians. The town is decorated
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  • 502 1 Italians Being Hit Hard Methodically Reuter. Cairo, Sept. 24. FURTHER details of the Italian advance from Libya, now F available, show that one enemy column, after repairing the road down the escarpment at Solium, which had been blown up British sappers, began to advance alongside the sea under ertain degree
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  • 331 1 Reuter. London, Sept. 24. ACCORDING to a Swiss report (says Reuters diplomatic iromspondent), there is some question of convening a Balkan conference in Rome, as the result of the Ribbentrop-Ciano meeting. It is hinted that there would be no question of inviting Turkey to the
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  • 62 1 Reuter. Cairo Sept. 23. THE Egyptian authorities in Cairo began rounding up all Italians in the city yesterday as a precautionary measure. Some 7.000 have been detained. The internment camps are already full. Similar measures are being taken throughout the country. The report published abroad that
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  • 56 1 Via Cable and Wireless. (From H. L. Hopkin) London, Sept. 24. DESPITE detours round certain streets, London traffic has been affected surprisingly little by the nightly bombings. Buses usually continue running during the raids. A tribute must be paid to taxi drivers, who are ready to go anywhere,
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  • 584 1 U.S. MAY MOVE AGAINST JAPAN Reuter. Washington, Sept. 24. possibility of new American economic measures to restrict Japan arose yesterday as a result of the invasion of IndoChina. It is stated in well-informed circles that such restrictions might include the tighter control of the exports of
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  • 186 1 Reuter. London, Sept. 24. AN Air Ministry and Home Secuiity communique slates that large formations of enemy aircraft, mainly composed of lighters, which crossed the Kent and south Essex coasts yesteraay morning, were met and attacked by our fighters. The enemy formations were broken up and
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 31 1 IIRELLI UTENERaL J RUBBER INSULATED J» Made in England at Pireiii-Genera! Cable if Ext tutu* LtemtcH (Advertisement of The General Electric Co., Ltd., of England "Magnet Howe" Singapore.) WP S 284
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  • 405 2 New Schemes To Make For Self-Sufficiency (Tribune Staff Reporter) gUBSIDY fees, ranging from $30 to $35, for the clearance and cultivation of every acre of rice field allotted by the Government, will be paid to hundreds of Chinese and Malay padi cultivators
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  • 266 2 Singapore, Monday. A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy. Harold Fernandez, who was on his way to buy som e cigars, noticed that the padlock of the front door of his house was missing. He informed his mother, who was at his grandmother's house in the same street, and
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  • 21 2 A -picture of Mr. Low Poh San andl Miss Mary Wee Eng Neo, take?i\ after their marriage last week.
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  • 345 2 Singapore, Monday. QKIGJXALLY charged with house-breaking and theft, John William Buyer, aged 46, claimed trial in the second court to-day when the charge was amended to one of theft. Lily Maria Defoe, ccmplainant, stated that on June 5. she left her dog, a Japanese poodle, at
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  • 83 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Taiping. Monday. THE unfortunate end of a 16--year-old Chinese schoolboy who was found hanging in his house formed the subject of an Inquiry be l o r< che Ariffln n Saturday The 84-year-old grandfather of deceased said that he was astonished to rind
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  • 429 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Sept. 13. J»HE group of Japanese businessmen, who are in Java discussing the question of exploitation of the petroleum resources of the Netherlands East Indies, are believed to be advancing the argument, that Japan has had no share
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  • 197 2 Singapore, Monday. AS this is your first conviction, and As your character has been gcod, t will give you the option of a fine. I fine you $75 each, or one month's rigorcus imprisonment in default,' said the Fifth Magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh,
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  • 95 2 Singapore. Monday. A SUCCESSFUL concert was held ?< n w at u rriay last b y the pupils of the Methodist Preparatory English School In aid of their school ruilding fund, assisted by members of the 4th Singapore Company, the Girls' Life Three plays, songs and dances made
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  • 250 3 PUBLIC CAN SEND IN SUGGESTIONS (Tribune Staff Reporter) ATTunTinTj Singapore, Tuesday. preparations are well under way, the date ana place for the first sitting of the joint Income lax Committee have not yet been fixed, it is authoritatively learned An official pointed out that
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  • 61 3 Singapore, Tuesday. YOUNG Chinese woman, wno ran into a burning attap house in Geylang. yesterday, to save her belongings, was burnt on her face and arms and forced back by the flames. The fire brigade, which arrived soon alterwards. put out the tire. Only the
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  • 72 3 THE F.M.S. Government has issued an order prohibiting the importation of any past or future Usues of the following newspapers published in the United Kingdom: The Week, Rus.sia To-day, Russia To-day Newsletter, Challenge, World News and Views, Free Press, The British Union Quarterly, Die Welt, Vema,
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  • 39 3 Singapore, Tuesday. A TAMIL was found hanging J\ from a tree near the Municipal tennis courts in Upper Weld Road, early this morning. He was discovered by a policeman, and artificial respiration was given but without success.
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  • 88 3 Singapore, Monday. TOR failing to obtain veter- mary aid for a calf, vfamkam Pillay, a 65-year-old cattle owner, was fined $10 or in default ten days' rigorous imprisonment, by Mr. J. 6. Rappoport. the child Magistrate. The calf, which was only lour months old, had lost a
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  • 78 3 Singapore. Monday. IN this cas? it is perfectly clear that the agreement with the Naval Base authorities is perfectly valid," remarked Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the Third Police Magistrate, to-day. when he sentenced Arthur Darbyshire, a European police constable cf the Naval Base, to three months' rigorous
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  • 208 3 Singapo/e, Monday. FACING a charge of murder of a compatriot at the Kerbau Road-Serangoon Road junction, Foja Singh, a 35--year-old Sikh, claimed trial today before Mr. Justice Manning and a special jury at the Singapore Assizes. The deceased. Kishen Singh, was the secretary of the Kerbau
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  • 211 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. AS a result of the extensive investigation into the finding of the battered body of an aged Malay Haji Arshad bin Norshan. in a well on Sungei Plong, five Men—two Malays, one Banjarese, on c Javanese and, one
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  • 25 3 His Excellency finds—Dollars for savings roll in while latex for U.S. exchange rolls out—fcoth for the benefit of Britain's war effort.
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  • 469 3 (From Our Own Reportm Kuala Lumpur, Monday. A BILL will shortly be introduced into the Federal Council providing- tor the maintenance of discipline and internal administration of forces from certain parts of the British Commonwealth when visiting the Federated Malay States. This legislation, which
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  • 29 3 "The Romance of Riches" will te the subject of Mrs. E. V. Davies' talk at the week'y luncheon ot the Singapore Rotary Club to-, morrow at the Adelphi Hotel.
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  • 119 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. A YOUNG Cambridge undergraduate, whose studies had been interrupted by the war. arrived in Kuala Lumpur last week, travelling half round the world to reach home. Mr. Tan Te Bteong, an old boy of St. John's
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  • 21 3 Mr. M. Murugason, of the Laboratory Kulim District Hospital, who had been away on long leave, has returned and resumed duties.
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  • 244 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Monday. IJNDER the auspices of the Sturroc'k Club, a meeting of Greentown residents was held at the Club's premises when it was decided to form a gardening section in the Club. Mr. F. K. Wilson, DO, Kinta, und Mr. D.
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  • 340 4 JJ.E. the G.0.C., Major-General L. V. Bond, sent a personal message of congratulations to the Tribune on the "Treat-the-Troops" campaign. His message reads*:—**l am very grateful to the Malaya Tribune for starling a campaign for the entertainment of troops, and hope that it will
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  • 124 4 (From Oar Own Reporter) Penang, Monday DUSINESS concerns which v need a constant supply of paper for their work, wili be ulad to know that a group of Chinese are contemplating vpenfof a paper manufacturinf iilant in Penang. This will be the first enterprise <:1 iis
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  • 202 4 From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Mondav. CHINESE workman was killed "and another seriously injured when a concrete canopy and a portion of the brickwork of a side wall in the course of construction in the Government Printing Office in Chan Sow Liu Poad collapsed.
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  • 251 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. THE appeal of Mrs. H. Praga- sam, a school-mistress employed by the Education Department, against judgment entered against her to pay damages of $150 to Mohamed Hussein for wrongful imprisonment was allowed by the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Poyser,
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  • 303 4 (From Our Own Keporter) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. DICYCLES were going: for a song u at the Sungei Buloh Leper Settlement and the police became suspicious. As a result of investi gations a young Chinese, Cheng Kwai, wh-> said he had just come out of gaol, appeared
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  • 111 4 Last Night's First Night IF you are searching for something different in screen entertainment, something satisfying you have fhp t0 fi the Cathay wh they Blue B ES-^%i Play -The stason at the theatie yesterday. MJeterlK-i Cer 5S! ca Ptured all Maeterlinck s glorious imagery has placed this
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    • 30 4 TRIBUNE "TREAT THE TROOPS" CAMPAIGN Anson Road, Addresses 11 The Arcade, Singapore. or Singapore. Please post me a copy of your printed form regarding the entertainment of troops. Name Address
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  • 186 5 Bulan Puasa Privileges (Tribune Staff Reporter) J U allow Muslims to observe a religious practice connetted with the Bulan Puasa (fasting month) which begins next week, the 'Food Controller is to issue special passes which will let Muslims buy, for one day, more rice than
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  • 175 5 drum Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. pONVICTSD on a charge oi v having ill-treated her prospective daughter-in-law (aged 12) by severely beating her with tune. Tan Kok Mcc, wife of a .ukshaw puller, was sentenced to fine of $100 or three months' rigorous imprisonment
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  • 241 5 (From Our Own Re porter) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. 'pHIRTY-SIX members oi the Seiangor Police Force will soon be the envy of their colleagues in Kuala Lumpur. These lucky constables wil' shortly be moving into one of the most up-to-date Police Stations and barracks in the
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  • 181 5 S.R.C. 5; Indians 1. IX an one-sided hockey match played on the S.R.C. ground this evening the second string of the S.R.C. defeated the Indian Association second eleven by live goals to one. With the bully-off the Recs played a steady game displaying good
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  • 106 5 A HIGH standard of hockey was witnessed at the Farrer Park this evening when the Hornets scored a narrow victory over the Colts, by the odd goal in three. Played at a fast pace, the exchanges were very even. All the goals were scored
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  • 165 5 IN an interesting hockey friendly played on thtS.C.R.C. ground yesterday, the Mountain Battalion beat the S.C.R C. by three goals to nil The first half was scoreless. The defence of both teams gave a good display. if m,, Early in the second halt. UM Mountain
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  • 35 5 TO-DAY SOCCER:— Div. I, Malays v Police. Stadium; Div. II A, Publishers v R.A.F. Tengah, S.R.C; Challenge Cup, R.A.F. (Kallang) v Malaya Signals, Kallanfe. HOCKEY:—S.CC trial. S.CC TENNIS:— S.C.C, S.C.R.C, and V.M.C.A. Tournaments.
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  • 210 5 A.A. Regt. (R.A.) 1 S.R.C. 2 OLAYING with only ten men, 1 the S.R.C. were beaten 4-2 by the A.A. Regiment (R.A.) in the qualifying round of the S.A<F.A. Challenge Cup at Anson Road Stadium yesterday. The game was dull and devoid of thrills,
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  • 27 5 OLAYING at Seletar yester- day, the Royal Air Force beat the Manchester Regiment by four goals to one in a division I league match.
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  • 29 5 PLAYING at Farrer Park las', evening in a Division 118 match the Moravians defeated Ihe R.N.W.T. by 5 goals to 3. The game was keenly contested.
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  • 71 5 IN a Division 118 league match the Customs conceded a walk-over to the S.C.F.A. as they, the Customs, were short of players. In place of this game which was fixed to be played on the S.R.C. ground last evening, a team composed of the Rubber Import Office
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  • 24 5 THE Ceylon Sports Club beat the Field Ambulance by two goals tc one in a hockey friendly played at Balestier Plain y?sterday.
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  • 24 5 The first annual athletics sports of the Reformatory School will be held at the Reformatory School grounds on Saturday, at 2.30 p.m.
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  • 157 5 SPORTS FRONT (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh. Sept. 24. SOME fast gallops were seen on the Ipoh track this morning when horses trained for the forthcoming Ipoh races. One of the best runs was done by QUICK MONEY who ran with BENEDICT The latter finished very
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  • 97 5 THE Royal Singapore Golf Club 1940 Gold Medal, competition will be played on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 5 and 6 in conjunction with the October medal. The following have qualified to compete. D. E. Rintoul. H. L. Marshall. W. Fldred, H. Jackson. H. M. Alexander. H. W.
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  • 99 5 TOUR ties in the S.C.R.C. 1 seventh open lawn tennis championships were decided at the S.C.R.C. courts yesterday. Results were: Open doubles. S A Dawood and Yadi beat Lim Hee Chin and C. V Koh 6—3. 8--6. A. I. Alsageff and A I. Pcreira beat Capt J. C.
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  • 114 5 THE draw for the Commercial 1 Houses tournament of the Singapore Badminton Association will take place at the Clerical Unlor Hall, to-morrow at 3 p.m. The final of the Men's Junior Angles Badminton Championship &i Singapore will be played between Pat Neubronner (Sphinx* and Lee Kirn Seng
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  • 139 5 k NEW entry in the S.A.F.A. Challenge Cup competition, n<\v in full suing, is the East Surrey Regt. team. This will double interest in the competition. Belie\cd to be a formidable -ide, the new regiment will have the Manchester Regiment as their opponents in
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  • 140 5 Rain Postpones S.C.C. Y's Tennis I> ALN-SOAKEJ) courts prevented play in the S.CC and V.M.C.A. tennis tournaments. To-day's lies will be: S»C/ ICI Men's Doubles Handicap: J. G. Houston and K. J. Tovey (plus 15» v. C J. Bembroke and H. L. Ward (plus 3). Mixed Doubles Handicap: Major R
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  • 41 5 KHAKI -CLAD men who took part in the recent retreat from Dunkirk ware amoni the cricketers «dm piay-d at Lord>. 'I hey w<*re taking ;:dvuntafie <>t the M C C offer jjp Army units tn use the nets for recreational training
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous

  • 434 6 MONTHS ago when Sir Shentuii Thomas brought up the subject of income-tax and invited the views of the public 011 the matter, w e stated that this means of raising money for the war should not be introduced until all other methods had been tried and found wanting. We
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  • 1117 6 ANSWER TO NAZI INVASION THREAT THE BRITISH NAVY'S WARTIME ROLE JN war it is the task of the British Navy to ensure (he effective use of the sea-routes necessary for its own purposes, while denying a similar advantage to Germany and Italy. This the
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  • 102 6 IN order that the maximum number of pit s can be kept working colliery owneis have agreed to share all available trade the S 1^ 16 inference of we South Wales Miners' Federate beini° ld WhUe effor tS Ports S t0 extend wnnM neutral markets, this f
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  • 186 6 war b< u toy factorio trebled their output. Exports are now up cent, and no toy fa to-day uses material war. One factory al< men and women at tags ooming 30 with 52 mechanical power presses and a I Although there is an demand for toy
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  • 170 6 DKITISH ships in convoy are now v being kept "in step" by ace electnral device. Hitherto th? adjustment of the varying speeds of the cargo both in a convoy has meant the continuous issue of instructions by phone from the cfficer on the c 5° hls
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  • 196 6 British socks, si shirts and so on than ore are now being sent all over he world, despite the disappear"cc of European markets Their war time wearers are *obe ound. chiefly in U.S.A.. Si v t America, Canada. South Africa «id Australia; during Juni I >vorth
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  • 35 6 Reuter. Malta, 23.—A small number of enemy fighters and bombers fl over the island on Sunday morni** states a communique. The bombers destroyed ssveral houses and killed one civilian.— Reuter.
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  • 24 6 Reuter. Lcndon. Sept. 23.—The Mlnf*JJ district of the Punjab haa £10,000 for tli- purchase of Brittsn fighter aircraft Renter
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  • 29 7 ~M', ,M J Club for service men from overseas recenllv. Her Majesty is .een here photographed in a group represent ig men from the Colonial Services.
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  • 125 7 Reuter. HAIFA, SEPT. 2:!. I EAFLETS IN ARABIC. PROTESTING MUSSOLINI'S J'0\ E FOR THE ARABS, WERE DROPPED AT THE S\ME TIME AS BOMBS. WHEN ITALIAN WAR PLANES RAIDED HAIFA FOR THE SEVENTH TIME ON SATURDAY. THE BOMBS. WHICH DAMAGED A MOSQUE, KILLED AM) SEVERELY
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  • 312 7 London, Aug". 13. A DOZEN detectives, all retired Scotland Yard men with a broad knowledge of London's night-life, are now spending every night "shadowing" Service men on leave round the West End. They are employed by the War Office and wo' k in close touch with
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  • 32 7 untitled of an Indian tribe for more than a century been found living in piimlUve savagery in the Everglades south of Florida. They aid to wear no clothes and i" Hint-tipped spears.
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    25 7 A British tommy in battle, dress, caught by the camera at prayers in Westminster Abbey during a service for victims of Nazi bombers.
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  • 131 7 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang. Monday. THE progress of padi cultivation in south-west Penang formed the subject of the meeting of the Mukim Council held at. the premises of the Court House, Bayan Lepas. The meeting dealt with the areas of padi lands planted with
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  • 53 7 Singapore. Monday. ENTRUSTED with $133 worth of jewellery in December, 1939, leo Ah Sang, a 35-year-old, Chinese woman, was alleged to have misappropriated the jewellery when she c'aimed trial be ore Mr. J. G. Rappoport, in the Third Police Court, to-day. The casp was postponed lor mention in
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  • 441 7 Eastern News. Saigon, Sept. 23. PROCLAMATION issued by the Governor-General announces the signature at Hanoi of a Franco-Japanese accord, fixing details on the basis of the agreement previously signed at Tokyo between the Japanese Government and the French Ambassador. The agreement provides for the
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  • 258 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Monday. THE All-Communities Fair at 1 Malacca, in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund, which opened on Saturday, proved to be a very successful event. Rain threatened, but cleared just before the fair was declared open by the Hon. Mr. W.
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  • 89 7 Eastern News. Tokyo, Sept. 23. THE launching of the Japanese march into French Indo-China was announced by the Navy Section cf the Imperial General Headquarters to-day in a communique. According to the communique, Japanese naval and military fcrces started a "peaceful" march into north French
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  • 45 7 Eastern News. Tokyo, Sept. 23. The N.Y.K. liner Suw a Maru vhlch sailed from Dublin on Monv Inst with 40 evacuees from England safely got out of the dan:cr zene and was due in Lisbon •sterdoy. according to officials of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha.—Eastcm News.
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  • 87 7 Reuter. Tokyo, Sept. 23. TIHE wholesale round-up of insurgent Chrishvn rim sionaries" throughout Korea on Friday is announced in a semiofficial Japanese report from Seoul. Those detained are accused o: organising secret societies, planning "rebellious activities," shoving disrespect for the Emperor and spreading false propaganda. It
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  • 60 7 New York, Sept. 23. jDERLIN had an air raid alarm lasting for two hours and 20 minutes, states a radio despatch from Berlin. Officials said that three waves of R.A.F. bombers flew over northern Germany, but it was claimed that those which reached the outskirts
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  • 120 7 Singapore. Monday. APPEARING before the third magistrate on two charges of impersonating a detective of the S.S. Force and searching two persons, Sin Yeong Wan, a private detective, was discharged without his defence being cal'ed. He was alleged to have told two Chinese, Chau Ah Boon and
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  • 108 7 Singapore, Monday. M, K. RAMANADIYODI, a 26-year-old Malabari salesman of a shop in Sumbawang Road, who was charged with stealing $132.50 from his employer's shop, admitted stealing only $83 when charged before Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the Third Police Magistrate. Court Inspector D. R. Cowie, accepting
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  • 33 7 Reuter. London, Sept. 23. EXCEPT for a brief "all clear" interval, the warning period in the London area lasted throughout the night. Raiders, however, aopeared less active than usual--Reuter.
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  • 407 8 THE Malaya Patriotic Fund is nearly at the $2 million mark. Donations received up to Sept. 14, totalled $1,935,568.68. including $10,000 from the Malayan Breweries Ltd. The latest list of donations is as follows: Donations previously acknowledged $1,909,670.25. Immigration*; Passports staff $41.03. all Ccylonese section $153.75. the
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  • 63 8 Torpedoing of internee ship Arandora Star took the toll of some i tne most lanioas natures in i-oii-don hotel and restaurant life. Unofficially reported ""tftnc Include Italo Zangiacomi tgeneral manager, Piccadilly. Cesare Maggi restaurant manager, Ritz». Joseph Benin) (manager, Hungaria), Cesare Borgo (manager, Cafe Anglais), Hector Zavationi (banqueting manager. Savoy
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  • 16 8 Syed untitled Hassan bin Syed untitled Shahabudin has been appointed to act as Under Secretary. Kedah
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    • 245 8 J The Year's most Sensational THRILLER! The TALE of a I j CHICAGO GANGSTER who Became an ENGLISH LORD! (today at THE CAPITOL 1I w« «f tiiemlllT P 'he gong czar who beJ cam a Lord of England Jfti iffljk I astounding character WĔ iSm I S•• in the role
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    • 209 8 HOW TO RALLY AFTER ILLNESS j It's an uphiil business getting your strength back after serioui i illness or operation. 1 here's only I one thing that can help you— j nourishment, plenty of it. But j your stomach is as weak as your I legs and you hate the
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    • 339 8 Public Notices A. T. EDWARDS A C 0., LTD. ATCTION SALE of RATTAN AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE (The property of Major J. D. Wyatt) Including:— Rattan settees, tables and stools with cushions, mattresses, crockery, glassware, garden implements, etc. TO BE HELD AT NO. 11, GOODWOOD HILL On Tuesday, 241h September,
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    • 210 8 The Screen's romantic id 01... .Storming Your heart anew OPENING TO-DAY 3.15, 6.I5~~&~9. j At The ALII A MBit A w.th LOLA LANE Cene Lockhart, Stanley Fields Billy Bevan. And A New issue of "The MARCH of TIME" THREAT to GIBRALTAR I SATIKDAY 2«ih SEPT. PROCEEDS IN AID of 1
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  • 914 9 Reuter. rnuv London, Sept. 23. |Hr, institution of a new distinction for civilians, entitled the George Cross, now that Britain is a 'Nation on guard and in line" was announced by the rlino; in a broadcast to the Empire this evening. lv
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  • 805 9 Reuter. LONDON, SEPT. 23. AMONG THE HEROES OF THE CHILD REFUGEE SHIP n TORPEDOED BY A NAZI SUBMARINE, IN THE AT LANTIC, 600 MILES FROM THE IRISH COAST, WAS MR. ERIC DAVIS, THE NEW DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF BROADCASTING, SINGAPORE. Mr. Davis was a passenger on
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  • 62 9 Reuter. Chungking, Sept. 23. A ITER studying the con- .'truction of dug-outs in Chungking Mr. Harold SteelePerkins, of the Air Raid Precautions Corps in Hongkong, returned to Hongkong on •Saturday by plane. He was accompanied by an < nglneer and it is understood that they will
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  • 23 9 Awarded M.B.E., ambulance driver Miss Bertha Herring, 55. who stopped Indian engineer Udham Singh in Caxton Hall after assassination of Sir Michael O'Dwyer.
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    • 287 9 TO-DAY -'jm a.m., 3.15, Everybody 6.15 9.i:> Jl y Goes j The greatest technicolour success ever brought to the screen! hx ft I Pour* V on,ns Sybil jason and a brilliant cast S/?H m ll 111 l 1 T l_H_; C. Wg o, Producon r rfN^muW tVbm .c 10 Wl
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    • 394 9 GRAND PREMIERE TO-DAY 6.15 9.15 TWO HEROINES OF NOEL COWARD'S "CAVALCADE," DIANA; WYNYARD AND MARY CLARE IN A COMPELLING DRAMA FROM THE BEST-SELLER BY F. L. GREEN. S_s>* RALPH RICHARDSON DIANA WYNYARD WRftfs. ON THE NIGHT THE 'Sslj 84 1 MN^Y BRENT MARy CLARI 0.r.,».j w, Brian Di mo*C huk%j-^
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  • 36 10 Domestic Occurrence The engagement is announced between Mr. Cheong Eng Han, the eldest son of Dr. and Mrs. Cheong Chee Hai, and Miss Nonnie Soh. the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Soh Beng Lam.
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    • 626 10 raaj i IlWlIlillP'illll %J%^^M I- I, ila iflH Situations Vacant VV*" J WANTED AGENTS everywhere for X'mas Cards. Calendars. Particulars to Box Mo. 439, Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (No. 751E) I WANTED Commercial Artist for Advertising House. Chinese preferred, prospects to one with original ideas. Apply Box 460, Malaya Tribune, Singapore.
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    • 840 10 Educational LEARN Modern Ballroom Dancing, Victor Sylvester's Courses. Partners Provided Success Guaranteed, Enquiries Box 439* c|o Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (No. 778E) EXPERIENCED Christian Lady Science Graduate (Madras University) residing near Sungei Besi, wishes to give tuition to Senior students. Moderate charges. Box No. 456 c|o Malaya Tribune Kuala Lumpur. (No.
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    • 830 10 Matrimonial ADVERTISER holding responsible position In city, In nearby country, desires to meet educated young lady (Jewish refugee preferred) with a view to matrimony, and engagement as Shorthand typist in same firm. Please apply vi confidence with photo (returnable) to Box 448 co Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (No. 761E) Photography TOUR
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    • 727 10 Board: Residence CAIRNH1I.L COURT 34, Cairnhlll Road, Singapore. Furnished double room with bathroom and private verandah, suitable for married couple or two friends sharing, superior cuisine, newly decorated house, European supervision. Telephone 2347. (No. 792E) ENGLISH LADY has double room. Furnished for private paying guests. Bath and Mod. San.—Board optional—Bungalow—Tanglin
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    • 539 10 THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 45) In the High Court of the Straits Settlements Settlement of Singapore. Summary Case. In Bankruptcy. No. 154 of 1933. Re JOHN JOSEPH of Room No. 131, Upper Cross Street, Government Flats, Singapore, Clerk. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a First dividend is intended to be
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    • 156 10 NAN YANG SERVICE 2 4 TIMES DAILY. MALACCA TO SINGAPORE. AT NAN CHIANG HOTEL. 84, Bunea Raya Road. Phone 92. SINGAPORE TO MALACCA AT HAICHEW HOTEL, 3* Beach Road. Phone 3015. CASTOR OIL FOR ALL PURPOSES MEDICINAL AND LUBRICATION BILAKIIIA&CO. 52, CECIL STREET. P.O. BOX 90 Phone 7803. Singapore. GUARANTEED
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    • 846 10 j TO-DAY'S RADIO j *—i SINGAPORE i LONDON ZHL 225 metres (IJ2 mtll). TRANSMISSIONS 2 ZHP SfcM metres (».S» mc GST 15.14 Mcs (9.82 Bastrm a.m. GSJ 21.53 Mcs (13.93) met^«\ 6.45 Music. GSO X7.7t Mcis (16.86 metr^ 6.50 News. Relayed from London. p.m. 7.05 News in French. Relayed from
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  • 128 11  -  MARKET REPORTS By Reuter London, Sept. 23. j [E Metal Control has lecommended the freer grant of tin export licences, particularly to the United States, for shipin November and onwards. The tin market ruled strong turnover of 150 tons. The strength was entirely due to announcement of
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  • 80 11 London, Sept. 23.—The Stock Exchange opened steady, with Kaffirs quietly firm and giltedgeds in good demand. Later, oils were harder and industrials irregular. Kaffir dividend-payers were supported and giltedgeds were in general demand. In the afternoon the Stock Exchange was slower but closed iirm Giltedgeds. Kaffirs and
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  • 134 11 Liverpoo 1 Sept. 23: Cotton opened very narrow, awaiting the October freight allotment. Later m the morning there was liquidation of nears but distants were supported. Egyptians improved out contracts were scarce. In the afternoon cotton was quiet but steady with some transferring October longs. London. Sept. 23:—It
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  • 320 11 RUBBER London, Sept. 23. Market Tone Quiet 11% 12 irward) October ll 7 8 12 Forwardt Nov. 11% 12 (3rd Forward) January! March 11 li 16 11 13 16 TIN London, Sept. 23. (Official Price) £254 Buycs £254 V 2 Sellers ...aid, £258 Buye.s £258»-2 Seller s
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  • 187 11 Singapore, Monday. THE 15th annual meeting of the Burma Malaya Tin, Ltd. will held at the Oriental Building, a Lumpur, on Sept. 30. The report of the directors es that prospecting was act- carried out during the year review and aHhough alall of the properties proved be
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  • 308 11 THE 29th annual meeting 0 f the 1 Selangor United Rubber Estates Ltd. was held on July 26 at the London office of the company Major T. A. Motion presiding. Mr. Motion said:—"There is very little to which your attention should be drawn, the one outstanding
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  • 52 11 JHE Malayan domestic tin quota for the fourth quota period of 1940, has been fixed at 100 per cent. These producers who can produce in excess of their quotas, should forward their applications to the Deputy Controller cencerned stating the additional amount of quota that
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  • 139 11 From Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Tuesday. FAIR business passed in selected shares ii> the local tin share market yesterday. Mambaus registered a further rise, while Ayer Wengs saw good business at output pric?s. Tongka Harbours, on very good buying, recorded a substantial rise during the day.
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  • 22 11 Singapore, Tuesday. Prices of tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Bayers 37 :l Sellers 37%. TIN
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  • 67 11 To provide telephone communication from points where there is no existing service, New York now has a "telemobile"—a motor coach containing five soundproof public telephone booths and the services of an operator. The coach carrying its own power plant, can be linked to the existing telephone system by overhead wires.
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  • 1007 11 Singapore. Sept. 23. MINING Buyers. Sellers. Ampat Tin (4s) 3- 3 6 Austral Amal (ss) 5,6 6|-cd Austral Malay 33:6 38,6xd Ayer HI tarn (ss) 19,- 20 Ayer Weng ($1) 1 03 1 08 Bangrin Tin 10 3 17 3 Berjuntal (ss) 8 6 9 6
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    • 68 11 BLUE CROSS MILK is correct and fjjr v S Baby will thrive on it, endowing him Si ft J with vi orous health, firm flesh, sturdy v bones, sound teeth and a strong Tj f/ constitution. Ia V BLUE CROSS^ GOOD FOR xi A a r e E C i
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    • 396 11 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all Information apply to: P. O. S. N. Co.. The Agent, Collyer Quay, Tel. 5961. 8.1.5. N. CO., BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Tel. 5497. 8.1.5. N. CO. (APCAR LINE) For HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE, OSAKA. For PENANG, RANGOON CALCUTTA. Regular Sailings: Special Holiday
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    • 350 11 BRITISH INDIA The best possible service: are being maintained b} The P. O.S.N. Coy. Iron the Straits to their usual ports of call in China, India, Ceylon and the United Kingdom. Passengers are requested to registei their requirements but under present circumstance! sailings are perforce res tricted. Special Holiday Return
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  • 372 12 Reuter. LONDON, SEPT. 24. gRITAiN'S REST SCIENTIFIC BRAINS ARE STILL CONCEN TRATING ON THE TASK OF BEATING THE NIGHT BOMBER. REUTER S AIR CORRESPONDENT LEARNS. Whiie their labours aro still in the experimental stage, practical application of improvements to defence measures already made
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  • 58 12 Reuter. Washington, Sept. 24. MR. Cordell Hull called the tor--111 pedoing of the British child evacuees liner a "most dastardly act," at a press conference. Mr. Hull permitted the direct quotation of this comment:—"l am sure that there will be no division of opinion in this
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  • 182 12 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore, Tuesday. ANGLICAN clergymen from all over the Diocese—about 36 in all—are assembling in Singapore to-day for the Clergy Conference which commences this evening. The conference will last a week. The Restreat wil commence to-morrow evening and end on Saturday morning. The Bishop, the
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  • 59 12 American Ships For British Children Reuter. M Washington. Sept. 24 R. Cordell Hull said that the State Department would be ready to discuss a guarantee lor the safrty of United States vessels with belligerents, when concrete plans for the use of American ships for the evacuation of British children were
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  • 31 12 Reuter. Montreal, Sept. 25. Eight Butch army officers arrived at an eastern Canadian port yesterday to recruit an infantry battalion from among Netherlanders in Canada.- Reuter
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  • 35 12 Tne Kmtj paid g visit in a novui pert in fit tain, dUrtnQ ia.nn ,i? inspected nunal U) .iel, ana personnel of tne Flee* At Arm. Photo shows aoctclanc. workers cneerint
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  • 360 12 Reuter. London, Sept. 24. Air Ministry news service, describing the R.A.F. attack on a large aluminium works at Lauta, about 100 miles southeast of Berlin on Sunday night, states that thick clouds hid the target for much of the time the raiders were over it, but,
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  • 371 12 Reuter. London, Sept. 24. AFTER a year of war, Britain remains richer in national wealth than at the beginning of 1937, affirmed the eminent economist, Prof. J. M. Keynes, i n a broadcast last night. Prof. Keynes, who is the author of the much discussed
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  • 84 12 Reuter. New Ycrk, Sept. 23:—United States defence contracts are still mostly for tools, materials and construction rather than for actual war supplies, since it takes time to build and convert factories and equipment, but progress has been more rapid than many had expected. British and United States
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  • 74 12 TKE Food Controller announce* that the export of refrigei foodstuffs is no longer subject quota control, satisfactory ana: ments for the holding of mlnunutc stocks having been made. The articles principally affecl are bacon, butter, cheese, margarine, frozen fish, beef ana mutton. Any of these articles
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